Financial News from Happy Hour from 1/26/2010

Happy Hour Has the Latest News on COCO

As always, the latest news on COCO is available to Ockham clients through RazorWire, and it was mentioned recently on Happy Hour.

The crowd at The Motley Fool does not like COCO and believes that it will Underperform. As we analyze the results from RazorWire, one thing we do is rank each stock in terms of amount of news coverage. Recently, COCO has been less covered in the news compared to the rest of our universe of stocks. We consider COCO as Undervalued at the current price of $13.45. According to our methodology, this stock has appreciation potential based on current fundamentals which only improves if earnings or revenue surprise.

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Happy Hour Covers General Electric Company and Regulators in Same Segment

A regulatory entity and General Electric Company were among the topics covered on Happy Hour and you can see more details below.

At present, Ockham has a valuation stance of Undervalued on GE, as we could see significant price appreciation based on current fundamentals like cash earnings and revenue. When taking into account the amount of news coverage each stock normally sees as a percentage of the total, General Electric Company has actually sunk a bit in comparison to the others. Crowd sentiment is favorable on this stock, as measured by the Motley Fool CAPS survey.

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Happy Hour Has Something to Say About AIG and Regulators

Regulatory issues are always of interest to investors. Recently Happy Hour covered topics including regulators and American International Group, Incorporated.

The crowd at The Motley Fool does not like AIG and believes that it will Underperform. Please be aware that AIG is trading off $2.03 today, and is clearly being affected by the latest news. After factoring in the current fundamentals versus their historically normal ranges, we have established a Fairly Valued stance on AIG. As we analyze the results from RazorWire, one thing we do is rank each stock in terms of amount of news coverage. Recently, AIG has been less covered in the news compared to the rest of our universe of stocks.

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Regulators Interested in TW? Possibly as Both Were Discussed on Happy Hour

Happy Hour talked recently regarding regulatory issues and Towers Watson & Co., while these two issues may not be related we though it worth noting.

Towers Watson & Co. receives our Fairly Valued rating in our latest report because the current price does not seem out of line with the fundamentals. Due to deterioration in our valuation, we downgraded TW as of Saturday, January 23, 2010. We noticed recently that in comparison to all other stocks we analyze in the news; TW has received less coverage from the financial media in business television and blogs. Crowd sentiment is leaning to the bearish side, according to the robust data set collected by the Motley Fool CAPS survey.

“… This isomor TW's testimony by the cfo of aig. On page 8 of 11,go got d this. Really important you guys. Cody: whwhat does he say? …”

RazorWire: GE and Regulators Talked About on Happy Hour

A regulatory entity and General Electric Company were among the topics covered on Happy Hour and you can see more details below.

Based on our methodology, General Electric Company should hold some appeal to value investors as we view it as Undervalued. We noticed recently that in comparison to all other stocks we analyze in the news; GE has received less coverage from the financial media in business television and blogs. Crowd sentiment is leaning to the bearish side, according to the robust data set collected by the Motley Fool CAPS survey.

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Happy Hour Has Something to Say About AIG and Regulators

Happy Hour talked recently regarding regulatory issues and American International Group, Incorporated, while these two issues may not be related we though it worth noting.

When taking into account the amount of news coverage each stock normally sees as a percentage of the total, American International Group, Incorporated has actually sunk a bit in comparison to the others. The Ockham valuation currently has a Fairly Valued stance on AIG because it trades within the price range that we would expect given current market conditions and fundamentals. Interestingly, overall sentiment looks bearish according to the Motley Fool's CAPS survey, as most of their users see American International Group, Incorporated underperforming. Investors are headed for the exit following today's news as the stock is trading down $2.03.

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